Foot in Both Camps: Millwall v Bolton Wanderers

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Bolton Wanderers take on Millwall in the Sky Bet Championship at The Den this Saturday afternoon. With that being said, bwfc.co.uk take a look at a selection of players who have played for both sides involved.

During Davies’ time at Southampton, he was loaned out to Millwall in 2002 where he played nine times for the Lions, scoring three goals.

In July 2003, he signed for Wanderers and the rest is history. Going onto spend ten years at the University of Bolton Stadium, he made 407 appearances (84 goals) before finishing his career with a spell at Preston North End.

He is a three time winner of Wanderers Player of the Year, showing just how valued the physical target man is in BL6.

Whilst at Reading, Karacan was loaned out to Millwall in 2008 for a short loan spell to the then Sky Bet League One club.

The tough tackling midfielder joined the Whites in March 2017, following his contract at Galatasaray expiring.

His impact for Wanderers was a quick one, as in his first start for the club against Peterborough United, Karacan scored the opening goal to put Phil Parkinson’s men in the lead and ultimately saw Bolton return to the Sky Bet Championship.

The Scottish international joined Millwall on an initial season long loan with Millwall, which turned into a permanent move after a fruitful goal scoring spell at The Den.

Nicknamed ‘Super John’, the striker joined Wanderers from the Lions in 1992 and from there, the rest was history.

McGinlay turned into a club legend during his time at Wanderers, scoring 118 goals in 245 games.

The frontman had many memorable moments playing under Bruce Rioch and Colin Todd; including cup giant killings over the likes of Arsenal and Everton, scoring the last goals at Burnden Park, winning the First Division in 1996/97 among other highlights.

For the 2006/07 season, Morais joined Millwall on a permanent basis from the club he started his career at in Chelsea.

He made his debut on the opening day of the season, playing against Yeovil Town at The Den.

The wide-man made 16 appearances for the Lions in his one season with the London based side, scoring once against Bradford City.

In February 2017, Morais signed for the Trotters until the end of the season.

It proved to be a masterstroke by Parkinson and co, as the man nicknamed ‘the postman’ provided four assists against Gillingham in a 4-0 victory, as well as winning March League One Player of the Month in his time at Bolton.

He ended with 13 assists for the season, the fourth most in League One and he only played half a season!

He was a great influence on Wanderers returning to the Sky Bet Championship.